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No. 398,772. Patented Dec. 4, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICEe FREDERICK \V. LUSOOMB AND DAVID A. COREY, OF NElV BEDFORD, MASSA- OHUSETTS, ASSIGNORS TO THE APPLEGATE BOOT AND SHOE LASTING COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

LASTING-MACHIN E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,772, dated December 4, 1888.

Application filed January 27, 1888. Serial No. 262,117. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern; a with a treadle, a, made as a lever, having 50 Be it known that we, FREDERICK \V. LUS- its fulcrum on a rock-shaft, B, the ends of COMB and DAVID A. COREY, of NewBedford, which out-side the collars B enter loosely county of Bristol, and State of Massachusetts, within bearings, as B formingpart of or se- 5 have invented an Improvement in Lastingcured to the legs or uprights A, constituting Machines, of which the following description, the ends of the machine.

in connection with the accompanying draw- The arms a have mounted adj ustably upon ings, is a specification, like letters on the drawthem weights a, which normally act to turn ings representing like parts. the shafts A in a direction opposite that This invention has for its object to improve which they may be turned by the operator by the construction of alasting-machine invented placing his foot upon the free outer end of the 60 by Russell Hathaway and Elbridge G. Pauli treadle a there being two such treadles and and described in application Serial No. 262,148, connections to actuate the arms and rockfiled on the 27th day of January, 1888, the said shafts at opposite ends of the machine.

machine containing hooks or draw-bars adapt- The rock-shafts A have keyed or secured ed to be engaged with cords, thongs, or wires to them in suitable manner blocks or holders 6 5 arranged in pockets or otherwise connected Z), grooved at their outer sides to receive the to the upper, so as to draw or shirr the upper. lower ends of like upright levers, I), each le- The improvements in the machine to be Ver receiving through it at its lower end a herein described over the Hathawayand Paull screw-stud, as D which serves as a pivotal machine relate to the jack to hold the last, to point for the lever. the construction of the toe-rest and. the man- Each holder has a pin, as D which is prefner of adjusting it, to the levers and the means erably covered with in dia-rubber to prevent for operating .them, and to the connections noise, the said pin serving as a stop to deter- 25 and the manner of attaching them to the lemine the outward position of the lever I), acted vers, and to the arrangement of the treadles, upon by a hollow block, as 11 (see Fig. 1,) and the combination, with the treadles, of which is normally pressed outward by a spimeans for locking them in adjusted position, ral spring, as 11. as will be described. Each rock-shaft A serves as a pivot for an 0 Figure 1 is a top or plan view of a lastingelbow-shaped lever, O,-the inner end of which machine embodying our invent-ion. Fig. 1 is joined by a connecting-rod, as C, to the shows developed the cam-block and cam-ring outer end of an arm, as O C fixed to the of the jack mechanism. Fig. 2 is a left-hand shaft B, the said arm 0 C and shaft B conend elevation of the machine shown in Fig. 1, stituting a treadle by which, through the said 3 5 some of the parts being broken out to better rods O, to actuate in unison the two levers C.

illustrate the construction and to show other The hub of the lever O, the shape of which is 8 5 parts back of them. Fig. 3 is a sectional debest shown in the sectional detail, Fig. 5, has tail in the line as, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section its outer side planed or made smooth, as at c, in the line m, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a section in to receive against it the inner side of a holder,

40 the line 00 Fig.2. Fig. 6 is a sectional detail 0, which is held frictionally against the showing the manner of connecting the rods smooth outer face of the said hub bya clamp- C and c to the arms and treadles, and Fig. ing-bolt, c havingahandle, c, the said clamp- 7 is a section of Fig. 2 below the dotted line :0 ing-bolt enabling the holder to be adjusted The bed A of the machine, supported upon more or less out of vertical line with relation 45 suitable legs, A, has at its ends suitable bearto the front and back of the machine, so as to ings, as 66, for the reception of the rock-shafts, enable the lever c, pivoted upon a pin, 0*, held as A Each rock-shaft has secured to it by in the said holder, to be placed in the proper a set-screw, a, an elbow-shaped arm, a the position with relation to the toe part of the inner free end of which is connected by a link, boot or shoe to'be lasted, the adjustment forward and backward oi the lovers adapting the machine for use in connection with shoes of difierent length.

The holder 0' has a stop similarto the stops it" employed in connection with the holders b; but the lever c is.normally pushed outward against the said stop by a strong llat spring, as the lower end of the said spring being secured to the holder by one or more To screws, as shown in the said figure.

The table A has secured to it at its upper 1 side a track, D, the upper side of which is beveled to form an inclined plane, the sides oi? the track being provided at each side with a groove, (1, parallel with the top of the track. This track is embraced by a carriage, l)',pro-

vided at its under side at each side the track with a tlange, d, which enters the grooves (Z, the said flanges and grooves preventing the carriage from being lit'ted ott the track in its 0 other suitable pad to prevent marrin g the upper ot the shoe. The threaded part of the screw (1* is extended through a nut, 1", having a milled or other enlarged head, 2. To support this nut so that it will sustain great 5 strain, the hollow portion of the carriage has low upright.

been provided with a shoulder, as at 3, upon which the lower end of the nut d rests at the same time that the under side of the milled head 2 bears against the outer end of the hol- This screw and nut may be readily lifted from the carriage whenever the shoe is out ot. the machine and the nut be quickly turned to enable the toe-rest to be set to approximately the proper height; but alfter the toe-rest has been applied to the hollow post and the shoe to be lasted has been applied to the toe-rest. then the nut may be readily turned. by grasping its milled head 2 until the toe-rest has been placed at exactly 50 the proper height or level.

The carriage D has bearings for the short shaft 0, upon which is secured within the carriage and below the screw d a pinion, e, which engages the rack D the outer end of the said shaft 0 having fixed to it a hand-wheel, c rotation of which enables the pinion in engagement with the rack to move the carriage longitudinally toward and from the heel-rest to be described, and in its movement the said the inclined plane at the top of the track I),

the incline being such as to enable the tocrest to be maintained in correct working position with relation to the curvature of the top of the last, notwithstainling the length of the last. 6 which may be screwed in against a gib, as

The carriage D also has a set-screw, as i i c, preferably olf brass, to prevent any longitudinal movement of the carriage, exce t when being moved through the operator en- 1 gaging the haiul-wheel c. i The heel-pin is composed of two parts, the l upper part, being pivoted. to the lower part, I f, by a screw or other stud, ,the lower part, f, being lixed to or rising from a cam-bh'a'ek, l f, fixed to the bed A. (See Figs. l and The part]" of the heel-pin receives loosely upon it above theblock fthecam-ringg, and upon the top of the said cam-ring is placed loosely a steel annulus, 1 which, when elevated upon the part f by the rotation of the cam-ring g, it resting on the cam block f, meets the beveled toe i at the lowereinl ol' the upper portion, of the heel-pin and tips the said portion f upon the pivot f the upper portion ot the heel-pin being at such time positively moved ftiu'ward toward the toe-rest [or a short; distance, or far enough to tirmly impinge the upper upon the toe-rest through the action of the last, the latter being thus tirmly locked in position before the operator commences to draw the upper over upon the bottom ot the last or the inner solelaid thereon, thus preventing any tendency of the last to twist or turn out of correct position.

The upper side of the cam-block f and the lower side of the cant-ring q, n-ovidml with a handle, g (shown in 1,) have each one or more cam-surfaces, as 8 fl, and a horizontal or plane surface, as it) 1; so that while the nut is moved for a portion oi a rotation the two cam-surfaces, being in contact, will hit the ring and annulus quickly; but as soon as the plane surfaces 10 and 12 come in contact, and while so in contact, the cant-ring cannot recede ort urn backward by reason otanyweight or downward pressure applied to it. orby reason of. a stroke or blow on the last, as would be-the case it both cam-surl'ames extended entirely around the cam block and ring.

The upper 71 of the shoe to be lasted has applied to it about its lower edge a draw-cord, thong, or wire, as I, the said draw-etiwd being extended through channels or pockets composed, as herein shown, of loops oi thread, the said loops and draw-cord, when put together in the shoe, resembling and constituting practically what is known as a lockstitch, the said loops and draw-cord being put in, it desired, by a sewing-machine having an eye-pointed needle and a shuttle. lt will be understood that this draw-cord may be connected with the upper of the shoe in any usual way, either as herein shown or as shown in United States Patent No. 248,566, dated ()ctober 25, 183i, to J. ll. Applegate. The up per having been prepared in this way and V placed upon the last 11, the usual inner sole, l 71., is applied, as shown in Fig. l, and the i last will be jaeked'lirmly in place by turning the handle 9 and nut (1. The levers I) c at l their upper ends (see Figs. 2 and 5) have applied to them loops or slides m, which are iheld in ad usted position therein by suitable setscrews, o. The loops or slides m are notched or cut away at their inner sides, (see Fig. 4,) so as to receive between them and the said levers and engage and hold the out er ends of the flexible connections n n n), (shown as a chain,) the opposite ends of the said connections having attached to them like weighted heads or swivels, 11 to which in turn are connected the hooks or draw-bars n" n n, the hooks or draw-bars being adapted to engage the cord, thong, or wire tto last the toe, the hooks or d raw-bars a engaging the draw-cord, thong, or wirenear the ball of the last, while the hooks or draw-bars or engage the drawcord nearer the heel, all as shown in Fig. 1. The shoe having been jacked, the hooks or draw-bars are seized by hand and hooked on the draw-cord, the operator at suchtime mo"- ing the levers Z) and 0 against the springs b and 0 the said springs normally acting to illsure the engagement of the hooks and drawcord when the operator removes his hand from the hooks. In this condition the operator depresses the treadle C and lasts the toe, or nearly so, and then by putting the foot on the treadles a the levers b are moved to last the upper along the full shank and heel.

Each lever or foot-treadle has co-operating with it a locking device, r, shown as a ratchettoothed spring-held bar pivoted at 20, the said teeth engaging the edge of a plate, n3, attached to the lever or treadle and holding the lever or treadle in the position left by the operator after removing his foot. This hooked bar at its lower end has a lug, 21, which is acted upon by a spring, 22, and the upper end of the bar at its rear side is acted upon by a pin, 24, normally pressed outwardly against the bar by a spring, 25. Each lever or treadle has mounted upon it a releasing device, as r, the said releasing device being herein shown as pivoted at 26, and of such shape that the operator with his foot upon the treadle may turn the releasing device to push the locking device backward against the spring, and thus release the lever or treadle in order that it may be moved.

In practice the upper and lower ends of the connecting-rods C and a are made ball shape, as shown in the sectional detail, Fig. 6, the said ends entering sockets in the arms and in the levers and treadles, the said ends being retained in the said sockets by clips, as 29, attached to the rods by screws 30.

\Ve do not herein claim nippers to engage the material of the upper, the said nippers being attached by flexible connections to levers by which the upper is drawn over upon the inner sole; but in our invention the hooks or draw-bars in all instances will be so constructed as to engage the shirr cord thong, or wire. The strain put upon the upper to fit it upon the last and to draw its edge over upon the inn er sol e is exerted throughthe said cord t. In practice the toe part of the upper will first be lasted, and then the ball and shank, and both sides may be drawn to the last simultancously, or either side may be drawn separately by means of the foot-treadles.

We do not herein broadly claim a series of arms, as 11 and e, nor do we broadly claim a toe-rest made movable on an inclined track, nor do we broadly claim a verti(ally-adjustable heel-pin.

Ye do not claim anything shown in the application of the said Hathaway and Paull. In our application the carriage containing the toe-rest may be slid on the inclined track, and all the arms or levers to which are joined the connections under the control of treadles are readily accessible to the foot of the operator leaving his hands free to manipulate the hooks or draw-rods and the upper.

\Ve claim- 1. In a lasting-machine, a pivoted lever, as b, the loop or slide thereon, and connect-ion 01* and attached swivel, combined with the hook or draw-bar, substantially as described.

2. In a lasting-machine, the rock-shafts A their attached holders 1) and arm or lever pivoted thereon, and spring, combined with the hook or draw-bar and means to connect it to the said arm or lever, substantially as described.

3. In a lasting-machine,the shafts A the two levers O thereon, the holders 0, ad j ustably attached to the hubs of the said levers, and the levers or arms 0 pivoted in the said holders, and the springs, combined with the hooks or draw-bars and intermediate connections between them and the said arms or levers, substantially as described.

t. In a lasting-machine, the shafts A the two levers C thereon, the holders 0', adjustably attached to the hubs of the saidlevers, and the levers or arms 0 pivoted on the said holders, and the springs, combined with the hooks or draw-bars and intermediate connections between them and the said arms or levers, and with a connecting-rod and foottreadle to actuate the said levers, substantially as described.

5. In a lasting-machine, the two rock-shafts A their attached arms and holders b, levers, connections, and hooks or draw-bars,combined with the links and two' foot-treadles arranged at the front of the machine side by side, so as to be simultaneously operated by foot, substantially as described.

6. In a lasting-machine, the shafts A the two levers C thereon, the holders 0, adjustably attached to the hubs of the said levers, and the levers or arms 0 pivoted in the said holders, and the springs, combined with the hooks or draw-bars and intermediate connections between them and the said arms, and with weights hung on the said arms, substantially as described.

7. In a'lasting-machine, the inclined track grooved on its upper side, the rack therein, and the carriage, combined with the toothed wheel engaging with said rack, rotation of which moves the said carriage on the said track, substantially as described.

8. In a lastbig-machine, the carriage having a shoulder and means to support the carriage, combined with the toe-rest having a screwthreaded shank, and with the nut having a head or flange, 2,1110 said nut being sustained loosely by both the said shoulder and the upper end of the said carriage, substantially as' described.

9. In a lasting-niaehine, the jack provided with the heel pin composed of two parts, one pivoted on the other and provided with a beveled or inclined toe combined with a loose collar and with the cam-block and cam-ring, each having cam portions and plane surfaces, to operate substantially as described.

10. In a lasting-machine, the heel-pin eom- 

